Improvement in picket-fence posts



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.AUGUSTUS M. FREEMAN, CHARLES P. IDELL, AND BERGEN VANDERHOVEN,

OF METUGHEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN PlCKET-FENCE POSTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 109.402, dated November22, 1870.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUSTUS M. FREE- MAN, CHARLES l?. IDELL, andBERGEN VAN# DERiovEN, of Metuchen, in the county of Middlesex and theState of New Jersey, have in vented a new and useful Improvement inFence- Posts; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved post; Fig. 2 is an edge view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The purpose of our invention is to make an improvement on picket-fenceposts; and the invention consists in combining with a mortised base apeculiarly-constructed upright, as hereinafter described.

A is the base or foundation-block of the post, which is made of such asize as to securely anchor the post to the ground. The base A is made ofclay-such as is used for making ordinary bricks and pottery-which ismolded and baked or burned in the same manner as bricks are baked orburned. The block Ais formed with a mortise or socket in its upper endto receive the tenon of the upper part of the post. B is the body or`upper part of the post,which is a thin iron bar slightly taperingtoward its upper end. Upon the lower end of the post or bar B is formeda tenon, B', which enters the socket of the base-block A, where it issecurely cemented in place. One edge of the post B is slit, and aportion, b2, near its lower end, is turned to one side at right angles,and is perforated for the attachment of the lower rail and base-board. Aportion, b3, ofthe edge of the post B at its upper end is turned to oneside at right angles, and perforated to receive the top rail of thefence.

We are aware of the patent granted to J E. and A. H. Kendeigh for a postbearing some similarity in certain points to our invention, and wetherefore desire distinctly to disclaim all that is shown and describedby them.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The mortised base A, combined with a slit andbottom shouldered upright, B, having a perforated and angled top andbottom, bJ b2, to form an improved picket-fence post.

AUGUSTUS M. FREEMAN. CHARLES I?. IDELL. BERGEN VANDERHOVEN.

Witnesses:

HERvEY I. FowLER, L. E. HAYWARD.

